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Notifications were in turn received from Medical Officers of
Health of persons residing in Stoke Newington who work for firms
in other Districts, as follows :—
27 from City of London,
25 „ Islington.
27 „ Finsbury.
28 „ Hackney.
1 ,, Westminster.
3 ,, Shoreditch.
1 „ Kensington.
3 „ Bethnal Green.
1 „ St. Pancras.
Total 116
There is a total of 330 houses and premises (exclusive of bakehouses)
in the Borough which come under the operation of the Factory
and Workshops Acts.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Two hundred and forty-eight eases were notified during the year,
and in most instances an inspection of the premises was made.
The houses, where the cases occurred, have been disinfected ; 261*
by the Department, and the remainder under the supervision of the
Medical Practitioner attending the case. 113 patients were removed
to hospital. The bedding, clothing, etc., was removed, steamed,
disinfected, and returned in 237 instances.
It was found necessary to strip and cleanse 37 rooms after removal
or recovery of patients.
One hundred books which had been borrowed from the public
library were collected from infected houses, disinfected, and returned to
the Public Library or destroyed.
* This includes disinfections on request of householders, after cancer,
phthisis etc,